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ILO 100: PM Solberg Visited Geneva

On 10 June 2019 Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg visited Geneva to participate in the High Level Opening of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Centenary celebrations.

ILO 100, Centenary Conference, Opening 10 June 2019 Statement by Prime Minister of Norway, Erna Solberg

For 100 years, the ILO has been a champion of: - active tripartite cooperation - binding international regulations - workers’ rights, and - equal conditions of competition and social justice. The term ‘decent work for all’ was coined by the ILO.

Norway’s statement during ECOSOC’s Humanitarian Affairs Segment in Geneva 24-26 June 2019

Statement held by Kåre Stormark, Deputy Director General, Department for UN and Humanitarian Affairs, Norway

The EFTA Ministerial Meeting, Malbun, 24th June 2019

The EFTA summer Ministerial Meeting was convened in Malbun, Liechtenstein 24 June 2019. Ms. Aurelia Frick Minister for Foreign Affairs, Justice and Culture, Liechtenstein chaired the meeting. Attending the gathering were also Mr.

Norway's Paper from the General Council, May 7 2019: "Pursuing the Development Dimension in WTO Rule-Making Efforts"

The following text is the full paper put forth by Norway at the WTO General Council May 7 2019, co-sponsored by Canada, Hong Kong China, Iceland, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, and Switzerland:

Norway’s statements at the General Council 7 May 2019

At the General Council 7.

Mine Action in the Balkans: Norwegian Presidency Visit

Did you know that anti-personnel landmines are still a big problem in the Balkans? From 7 - 11 April 2019, Ambassador Hans Brattskar, President of the Mine Ban Convention, visited Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina to learn more and to support the work t

Learn to Love Forest – International Day of Forests

"The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.

Ambassador to the WTO, Dagfinn Sørli, elected Chair of the Committee on Budget, Finance, and Administration

Ambassador Sørli chaired his first meeting of the CBFA on 20 March 2019.

Consolidating 25 Years of Achievements to Accelerate the Promise of Cairo

On March 8th, Norway and UNFPA organized a side-event called “Consolidating 25 years of achievements to accelerate the promise of Cairo” to celebrate International Women’s Day and the 25th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and

Follow up to the Marrakech Conference and Declaration Expanding civic space and protecting human rights defenders

Follow-up to the Marrakech Conference and Declaration Expanding civic space and protecting human rights defenders, particularly women human rights defenders: The role of National Human Rights Institutions

Sexual violence against men and boys in humanitarian crises